Normal tissue complication probabilities correlated with late effects in the rectum after prostate conformal radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 385-391

  Dale, Einar ^a,c   Olsen, Dag R ^a,b   FossÅ, Sophie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b University College   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dose volume histograms; Late rectal complications; Normal tissue complication probabilities; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DIARRHEA; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; TUMOR VOLUME;

DIARRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; STATISTICS;

EID: 0033556629     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00400-3     Document Type: Article

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